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. 2021 May 25;100(9):2195–2202. doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04549-1

Table 2.

COVID-19 associated symptoms

SCD patient N = 39 Healthcare professionals N = 121 P-value
Acute chest syndrome, n (%) 0 0 NA
Painful crisis, n (%) 10 (25) 0 NA
Cough, n (%) 21 (54) 43 (35) 0.042
Myalgia, n (%) 20 (51) 77 (66) 0.169
Loss of taste and smell, n (%) 12 (31) 6 (5)  < 0.00001
Headache, n (%) 10 (26) 38 (31) 0.494
Fever, n (%) 21 (54) 24 (20) 0.0004
Respiratory distress, n (%) 6 (15) 10 (8) 0.197

Abdominal pain/ diarrhea, n (%)

Throat ache, n (%)

2 (5)

8 (20)

7 (6)

26 (22)

0.950

0.915